Commodities Analysis & Opinion

The 'gold' picked from the trees could get even costlier.The US state of Florida is forecast to have its smallest orange crop in decades, bumping up a rally in juice prices.Frozen concentrated orange...

Gold is trading near $1840, adding 3.2% from the Jan 7 lows, as a hedge against increased financial market volatility. By comparison, the S&P 500 has experienced its worst start to a year in...

U.S. commercial petroleum stocks have fallen in most of the weeks in the past year and a half. The continuously declining U.S. petroleum stocks over the past year suggest that supply has not caught up...

By Alex KimaniWall Street is finally warming up to oil and gas stocks after years of turning a cold shoulder on the industry. A wave of bullish geopolitical circumstances could push oil prices even...

The surge in stock market volatility, as well as crises in Ukraine and the Middle East, have prompted investors to expand their exposure to precious metals, which is regarded as a safe haven commodity...

I last wrote about Gold in my post of December 21, 2021.Since then, it's remained caught in a large sideways consolidation zone, as shown on the following charts. What has happened, however,...

Let’s stop talking about equities for a moment and turn our attention to the one thing whose bull market I always applaud, which is gold. Looking at symbol GLD) there is some...

My outlook for gold in 2022 suffers from manic depression: I see first a period of despair and an elevated mood later.So, 2021 is over! 2022 will be better, right? Yeah, for sure! Just relax, what bad...

The Brent price is rising again. It seems like investors intend to update the highs after the correction that took place last week. On Monday, Brent is trading at $88.42.The first and key trigger that...

Silver, baby! From its close of a week ago (22.99), the white metal has since traded as high as 24.76—that's +7.7%—en route to settling yesterday (Friday) at 24.35 for a weekly gain of...

Growing anxiety over Russia’s potential invasion of Ukraine is providing the geopolitical drama to keep the rally in oil bubbling, despite a plunge in US gasoline demand and the upcoming Federal...

Gold and gold stocks (via GDX) showed unexpected strength last week, and although they closed the week in a disappointing fashion, their larger outlook is growing increasingly positive as multiple...

The natural gas futures showed a sharp pullback last Friday after witnessing a steep slide during the whole week. A reversal is still intact to test the winter’s peak, which the natural gas...

The short answer is “no.” Just ask those who invested in Morgan Stanley’s silver “investment” product 15 years ago or in UBS’s precious metals custodial services....